# Incident 20060818017479I: Cessna 172C, Crete, NE, August 18, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2006, 08:10 local time
- Place: Crete, NE
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6248° N, 96.9525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crete, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6248&lon=-96.9525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8410X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8410X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060818017479I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) WHILE ENROUTE FROM OZARK REGIONAL AIRPORT (BPK), THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT STARTED TO EXPERIENCE A PARTIAL POWER LOSS 25 MILES SOUTH OF LINCOLN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (LNK). THE PILOT APPLIED CARB HEAT AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. ONE MINUTE LATER THE PROBLEM RESURFACED AND THE PILOT INITIATED A CLIMB FROM 4500 FEET MSL TO 6100 FEET MSL. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RUN THE BOOST PUMPS TO INCREASE FUEL PRESSURE HOWEVER THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GLIDE TO CRETE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (CEK), HOWEVER THE GLIDE RATIO WAS UNSUFFICIENT. THE PILOT THEN FOUND A HIGHWAY THAT HAD VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC AT THAT TIME AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO CEK WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE MAIN FUEL TANKS DID NOT CONTAIN ANY FUEL AND THE AUXILIARY FUEL TANK CONTAINED ELEVEN GALLONS OF FUEL. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AUXILIARY BOOST PUMP SWITCH WAS BENT CAUSING IT TO STICK. SEVERAL CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE FOUND TO BE BROKEN INCLUDING THE MAIN FUEL BOOST PUMP.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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